Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas from the Tarrants!!


Also I just had to include our trip to visit Santa last night...don't they look so happy?! They might not liking sitting in his lap this year but they talk about him and know what he says...HOHOHO!

Celebrating!

Last weekend we headed to Austin to see Uncle Clint (Chris’ Brother) and Aunt Andrea to celebrate Christmas together! Since they don’t live super close and Andrea was graduating this weekend with her Master’s…CONGRATS ANDREA! We decided to head down a little earlier and start some new traditions, and just hang out in Austin!

They live in a SUPER trendy apartment that is basically in a mall…that’s right they live in a MALL!!! Their apartment is over the American Eagle. I could have totally gotten used to that! The girls loved it…it’s an outdoor mall and the weather was FANTASTIC. We spent tons of time walking around outside. I didn’t get many pics or any really of the adults! OOPS, oh well!

The Girls taking in all the beautiful decorations

Watching the fountain…we spent lots of time there.

We had tons of fun going to a Christmas Party, lots of good eating, looking at Christmas lights and making Christmas cookies! The girls got sick Saturday night with ear infections so they were a little grumpy but other than that we had a great time and CAN’T wait to do it again next year!

22 Months!

WoW, I haven’t blogged in FOREVER. We have had at least one sick person in the Tarrant household since Halloween. I am just ready for us all to be healthy!!! In the mist of everyone being sick we turned 22 months, crazy! I have been thinking a lot lately how much they have changed over the last two years. The last couple months have literally been some of the hardest months of my life! The girls have been extremely challenging, partly due to being sick but partly to turning 2! All that being said the last couple of weeks they have been GREAT! They are getting to be so much fun!

I thought I would show off some of our new pictures from one out of the two latest photo shoots!!! We have taken two sets of family pictures in the last month…More to come about that! I LOVE the new pictures taken by my GOOD friend Hannah! Thanks Hannah, we love you!

Kinley!

wears some 6-9 and 12 months clothes

wears size 3 diapers

size 4 shoe

saying sentences…talks non stop…Up please, watch Dora mama, I don’t know, where’s _________, I want you, I want a “nack”(snack), no no tree, (christmas tree), where is the moon. and repeats everything!

OBESSED with Dora

Has gone pee pee on the potty twice

Sleeps from 7:30-8 (and lately much later)

takes one 1.5 to 2.5 hour naps

classic K face!

goes to bed with Blanket, baby and a book (the girl HAS to have a book)

Drools constantly and wants to lick everything

Spending more time in time out lately

Has bitten her sister twice

pretty shy and reserved

scared of a lot of things

all the sudden eating better, which is good since both of them are pretty tiny. Kinley is skinny!

nick names-kk, kinley koo, Koo da roo and she gets called Kinley Margaret quite a lot too.

Madelyn

Wears some 6 to 9 and 12 month clothes

size 3 diapers

some size 3 but mostly size 4 shoes

Not talking as much as Kinley but talking much more lately. Favorite words up please, mama, dada, andoo (my brother Andrew) snack, ball, baby, blanket, purse, butterfly, cracker, dora, cartoon, car, moon, balloon, more, please and lots more.

Will actually cry when Dora comes on, because Kinley could and would watch it OVER and OVER (trust me Maddie, I feel for you)

Is very tender hearted but starting to stick up for herself when it comes to her sissy

always has a bag or a purse to carry around

Loves order and things being in the right place

sleeps 7:30 to 8 (usually wakes up first out of the two)

takes 1.5 to 2.5 hour naps…More like her mama with sleeping. More of a lighter sleeper but still a great sleeper!

Gone Poo poo on the potty once

Not eating great lately

The girl is not scared of anything lately and becoming a dare devil!

Nicknames- Maddie, Maddie Moo, Mae Mae and of course they are both called sissy to each other!

I have tons more to blog about soon! We are really enjoying Christmas time this year with the girls. They are LOVING the tree and all the lights around our house and in the neighborhood. It is so much fun to have Christmas with these little girls!

Easy Shopping and a good cause!

I’m so happy to be apart of such a WONDERFUL event going on and wanted to let you all know about it. For those of you that don’t know, I was adopted and LOVE that this wonderful couple wants to do the same for some very LUCKY child.

The Jordan’s

So I was MORE than happy to donate two of our tutus to the auction.

Here is where you came in….GO SHOPPING! Just visit here and start bidding. It ends tomorrow (wednesday) but you can still check out some SUPER cute stuff! Page 3 of the auction you might recognize some pretty cute twins in TUTUs! (least I think so) Good luck and happy bidding!! I know I will be doing some bidding!